Here’s the real reason the US must talk to Russia - Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
A new book details why future historians may well identify Putin’s landmark March 1 speech as the ultimate game-changer in the 21st century New Great Game in Eurasia
Future historians may well identify Russian President Vladimir Putin’ ...

Europe’s iron curtain: the refugee crisis is about to worsen - Ramzy Baroud رمزي بارود
A recent European Council summit in Brussels was meant to articulate a united policy on the burgeoning refugees and migrant crisis. Instead, it served to highlight the bitter divisions among various European countries. Considering the gravity ...

The march of folly - Uri Avnery أوري أفنيري אורי אבנרי
ONE CAN look at events in Gaza through the left or through the right eye. One can condemn them as inhuman, cruel and mistaken, or justify them as necessary and unavoidable.
But there is one adjective that is beyond question: They are stupid.
If the ...

Israel's LGBT Strike of the Pampered - Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
The community has come by its power honestly – and become powerful, well-connected and fashionable. Not the Arab community, though
Protest against the surrogacy law in Tel Aviv, July 19, 2018. Photo Ilan Assayag
Another fun day ...

Human zoos in the age of Trump - Ariel Dorfman
When Donald Trump recently accused “illegal immigrants” of wanting to “pour into and infest our country,” there was an immediate outcry. After all, that verb, infest, had been used by the Nazis as a way of dehumanizing ...

A walk on the wild side as Trump meets Putin at Finland station - Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
Everybody had to pay and pay
A hustle here and a hustle there
Lou Reed- Walk on the Wild Side
US President stirs up a hornet's nest with his press conference alongside his Russian counterpart, but it seems that no 'grand bargain' was struck on ...

Tariffs ‘kick off 50-year trade war’ with China - Pepe Escobar Пепе Эскобар
The tariff tussle that began today is linked to Beijing's ambitious 'Made in China 2025' and Belt and Road strategies, which will transform the global economic and geopolitical landscape; this rivalry could last for decades, some experts have said
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Israel, Land of Miracles - Gideon Levy جدعون ليفي גדעון לוי
The days of kites abound with miracles here. The fact that more Israelis were scratched while shaving in recent months than from kite fires is attributed entirely to miracles
A great miracle occurred on Moshav Tkuma. A cinder carried by a paper kite ...